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voyage was between 3wks and 3mos, 2 bland meals a day made to jump up and down for exercise

1 out of 6 people died on they voyage. some people tried to free themselves just to throw themselves overboard and some wanted to rebel.

Caribbean Sugar Plantations

sugar most important crop.

sugar went from only for the wealthy to everybody

had to have big plantation, big machinery and money to make sugar.

Owners owned 115 slaves for the plantations

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Slave Society

fundamentally dependent upon slavery, also defined by slavery and the racial distinctions that sustain it.economically and socially dependent upon slaves

Olaudah Equiano

was captured in Nigeria at age 11. never seen white people before and was scaredwrote interesting narrative of Olaudah Eq.eventually bought his freedom and contributed to the anti-slave movement

Phillis Wheatley

1st African American poet that was published. Taught how to write and bought her freedomEarly cracks in slavery:Christianity, myth of paternalism (father-like) slavery is good for slaves. The father-like white people can give them things they never had and early abolitionism (to get rid of) people believed slavery was wrong and should be getting rid of.

made a bad decision to keep all soldiers in America, lack of respect for American soldiers

passed sugar act and lowered the tax on molasses

1765 passed Stamp Act on all official paper.

Seven Years War

started with British and American fighting against other people 1754-1763.

victory shook up loyalty between the two

tension between French Rivera and British territory

French set up forts close by Virgina. George Wash was sent as a messenger to tell the French they didn't like the forts. Was told to get the French out peacefully, can't start a war with them but get them out.

Stamp Act

have to pay for a certain stamp to be on all papers hated by the Americans constructed by King George III.

Taxation w/out Representation

no representation in parliament to tell how to tax.self-taxation was 1 of the rights for Virginians, only the Virgina House of Burgess had the right to imposed taxes on Virginians

Abigail Adams

was called one of the daughters of libertystop drinking tea unless was ill.

Sons of Liberty

John Adams and Samuel Adams led big crowd against Stamp Actwere called sons of liberty